Sweets
Wagashi
These Japanese sweets demonstrate the ephemeral beauty of the seasons.
Foods I want to try
Foods this traveler wants to try.
Sweets
These Japanese sweets demonstrate the ephemeral beauty of the seasons.
Drinks
Layers of flavored tea combine to create a drinkable rainbow.
Prepared Foods
In Thai lore, these fried hard-boiled eggs are a delicious warning for a misbehaving husband.
Drinks
It takes only two hours for palm sap to become palm wine.
Fruits & Vegetables
The fruit so pungent it's banned from trains, hotels, and public places.
Fruits & Vegetables
Smells like lavender, tastes like lemon rind, looks like a gnarled claw fresh from your nightmares.Â
Meats & Animal Products
It's a whirlpool, it's an emoji, it's a fishcake!
Fruits & Vegetables
A Filipino fruit that smells like gasoline and tastes like pears, jackfruit, and pineapple.
Prepared Foods
Why not fry a year-old leaf?
Meats & Animal Products
The toxic pufferfish steals hearts, despite its ability to stop them.
Prepared Foods
Sri Lanka's crispy, bowl-shaped pancake comes with an egg at the bottom.
Prepared Foods
Beneath a blanket of peanut flour and cilantro, this Taiwanese street pop hides a savory surprise.
Drinks
The Japanese soda still comes in a marble-stoppered bottle from the 19th century.
Sweets
The beautiful dessert evaporates in 20 minutes.
Food Festivals
See Taiwan's dying art of fishing with fire.
Prepared Foods
Two Chinese bakery specialties, combined into one.
Prepared Foods
The true Mongolian barbecue.
Prepared Foods
This spicy street food has a reputation for making people cry.
Prepared Foods
Congealed and sliced, the ferric addition is known for its purported health benefits.
Food Festivals
Themed buffets, parades, performances, and competitions dominate this Philippines island every May.
Sweets
The city of the Taj Mahal hosts another wonder: Crystallized pumpkin candy.